You can take the girl out of the country....

..... But you can't take her out of the Starbucks! Kelly and I went on a walk about and were thrilled to find a Starbucks!!! It was like winning the lottery! 

Chris was equally excited to learn that you can buy beer at the convenience store in the airport!! 

We took a quick flight to Harbin last night  . Beth got VERY airsick and will never live down the embarrassment.  

Now in Harbin, we are in a completely different world- but the view from our room is cool!! 

We leave to meet Li in a few minutes!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!! More later. 

Beijing is the new Denver

Greetings from Beijing!! 

Ava did great on the 13 hour flight. Movies, food and 6 hours of sleep helped pass the time. 

So far we like Beijing. We are blown away by their awesome customer service... Everywhere!! Beijing is eerily similar to denver. The airport is in the middle of nowhere, it's mostly flat and brown, majestic mountains on the background, and cotton from the cotton trees are flying all around. 

There are plenty of people speaking English here and we had gluten free noodles for breakfast. Oh... And our hotel is adjacent to the Olympic village so check that off the bucket list. 

A few sights:

More later...

The airplane burst my Brentwood bubble

We made it to Chicago and are savoring the US lifestyle while we have it. Our 13 hour flight to Beijing boards in a few minutes, so we will log off here and hopefully will be back in touch on the other side!! 

Requisite selfie...

Look Matt... Gate F 12!!! (It's a long story). 

Good Luck in Chinese....

And a glimpse of what having a 3 year old in the house will be like. Thank you to the Byers for the cute video!!

We are almost ready!!!

Hopefully we leave tomorrow!! 

Just like Noah's ark, We've got two of everything... 

Two suitcases full of gluten free food....

Henry (our cat) is at the Farm....

And Li's room is ready to go!! 

More tomorrow!!

Ava's Easter Art

I am testing the mobile blogger app and needed something to write about. I thought Ava's Easter art would do. Happy Easter!

Meet Li

Meet Li!!

A few demographics:

We have named him Li James. His birthday is January 15. He just turned 3. 

He's small for his size- but really cute!! Here is a picture of him on his birthday:

He was found in a dormitory at 9 months. 

Since, he has lived in the same orphanage with a foster mom in Harbin, China. 

 

 He was born with extra thumbs. One day, he will make an awesome baseball player!! 

We decided to share the news of our adoption with our immediate family on Christmas morning. Here's a video of Ava opening her gift: